Diet for a Gentle World Author:Les Inglis Can the simple act of eating a meal reflect the type of people we are? Does it say something about our lifestyle, our health and our values? Can our dietary choices actually make an impact on the world we live in? In the process of becoming the world?s greatest food producer, has something been lost? Diet for a Gentle World is an insightful ... more »book that looks at these questions and more.
As the demand for animal-based products has grown, the idyllic family farm has been replaced by the corporate factory farm. As the growth of degenerative diseases has soared, so has the number of studies linking these chronic illnesses with the food we eat. Diet for a Gentle World looks at how animal-based food consumption is truly hazardous to our health. It also examines our factory farm system?s insensitivity to the animals it processes ? an insensitivity to the animals? pain, fear and suffering. Further, it provides a startling picture of the under-publicized devastation being inflicted on the environment. But Diet for a Gentle World goes beyond just examining the problems. It offers many practical, inexpensive, and simple solutions that everyone and anyone can follow.
Diet for a Gentle World is a reflection of what once was, what now is, and what could be. It may represent a giant personal step towards reawakening a sense of conscience. Diet for a Gentle World will most definitely provide its readers with a great deal of food for thought.« less